Monday, November 07, 2005

Mondays with Maida - Dark Rocky Roads

I thought I would enjoy these cookies more than I did - another one that was a little too sweet for me. The cookie consists of a brownie base topped with marshmallows, pecans and a chocolate glaze. I think I would have preferred semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate drizzled on top, rather than the very sweet chocolate glaze that was used.

These are quite easy to make, the only difficulty being that they're a little sticky to cut. Which brings me to what is possibly the best thing about the recipe - this quote from Maida: "Cutting these into bars is liable to be a little messy and frustrating even after letting them stand. Just be brave and remember that you're the boss."

Even though I was slightly disappointed with these cookies, they disappeared quickly and were well received...

Suzanne: "This was delicious or maybe decadent is the correct word. The brownie was a true brownie with nuts and not fudgy. It was topped with marshmallow, pecan and a drizzle of chocolate icing. Rating - 5.0"

8 comments:

I must admit that I was excited to see the Rocky Roads. I'm sure I'd like these - even with the sweetness - because I'll take anything with marshmallows. Maybe I'll use the unsweetened glaze from the mint bars, though.

Hi Stephanie - I think I would like these better with a more substantial marshmallow, so maybe homemade marshmallows would help. I swear the ones you can usually find in the grocery store are getting pooffier all the time!

Hi Nic - if you try that I'll be curious to know how it turns out. I've always loved rocky road sundaes and ice cream, so I was looking forward to this one too. Oooh, I just had a thought (speaking of rocky road sundaes) - what if you used salted peanuts instead of pecans?

I like rocky road, but if this has milk chocolate AND marshmallows AND brownies, I think it would be a little too sweet unless you were just nibbling. Even then, I think you would get a sugar headache after a while.

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My name is Cathy and I live in a Maryland suburb of Washington DC in the USA. I love to cook, but have had a tendency to do it strictly by the book. I love to eat too, but have an unfortunately long list of dislikes. It's time for a change.